Apples · USDA pomological watercolour
Lankford Apple
Lankford Apple is a historic fruit cultivar documented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between 1886 and 1942. 4 watercolour studies of it survive in the collection, with specimens recorded from California, Santa Cruz, Watsonville; Ohio, Harrison, Cadiz; California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, painted by Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Lower, Elsie E. b.. The paintings served as official botanical identification records before colour photography.
| Cultivar | Lankford |
|---|---|
| Species | Malus domestica |
| Common fruit | Apple |
| Painted | 1860–1882 |
| Artist(s) | Newton, Amanda Almira, Heiges, Bertha, Lower, Elsie E. b. |
| Specimen origin | California, Santa Cruz, Watsonville; Ohio, Harrison, Cadiz; California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; West Virginia, Morgan, Paw Paw |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 4 |
All 4 plates
Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00002520, POM00002521, POM00002522, POM00002707.
